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Mon, allowed other Members to speak {oi-him, and certainly the defence was as 0d as couh have been expected: a M", Q" sluiﬂlmg. When Mr. M‘Donald “had those Members ifthey were privy to wig disgraceful transaction, not one of them had the eﬂ'rontery to give a pomted denial. as would have been done by inno- centmen, but by evasive and mdirect an— endeavoured to screen themselves; one said, “ he was not bound to criminate himself,” but unthinkineg admitted that he was aware of the alteration, many said they did not nmhc the alteration, and one, ifl am correctly informed,) of the party who assisted to make the cl‘iange, in his tender mercy said, that “placing Mr. M‘ Donald in the custody of the Sergeant at “ms would be treating him too leniently,” “did not do it.” In fact, Sir, it was an illustration ofthe fable of the

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beef, handed it to his companion, and then said, he had not got 1!, and the other as stoutly denied that he took it. Mr. M‘Do- mid in order to substantiate his charge, hen moved“ that this [louse resolve it- elfinto a Committe of Privilege,” which as got rid of by one of the actors in this arce, moving “the order of the day,” 'hich as a matter of course was carried; eing opposed only by Messrs. M‘Do- aid and Compton. Was this an anony- ous charge? Or did the measures taken ythe parties to stifle an investigation not hew that they were guilty? Fortunately he Public are tojudge,and not such an ' terested Sir Oracle as Vindicator.

Now Sir. I have made that which I ne- er before intended“ a charge against the peaker and some Members of the Heuse fAssemblyf’ and if my conjecture be orrect Vindicator amongst the rest—those hoare innOCent will not feel annoyed, dthose, who are publicly suspected. have n opportunity of clearing themselves if ntheir power.

A few words before closing to 'Vindica- r.—He is perfectly correct in stating that is communication is “rather different” tom those which have hitherto appeared In your columns—but whether the contrast willbe in his favor is not for me to deter- mine. He says.“Crito had better have conti- aed himself to his natural sphere.” I should teglad to know what time has elapesd, Ilnce Vindicator emerged from the insig- niﬁcance for which his ideas lit hlur Pas- ing by some other compliments, he so omplacently pays himself, I will tell him athis conjecture as to Crito, is as blind nd erroneous as the other conclusions he. madlyjumps at, as to the estimation in hich my communication may be held by indicator and his friends, I care not, but to perfectly contented that the compara- Ve merits of Crito and Vindicator should Iubmitteth tothe Public.

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Ishould not be at all surprised if some of Vindicator’s associates feel an equal de- gree of surprise and grief, which he so pathetically expresses, that the House of Assembly are not allowed to act as they please without comment or remark, or that some of their proceedings are held up to the scorn and derision they so frequently merit. For Vindicator, the gentlemanly, dispassiomtte, and eloquent language in which he has clothed his ideas, will pre- vent me from disputing the palm of deli- cate invec'tive with him; andnow, Sir, comes the unkindest cut of all.--—Vindica- tor says, I have some talent—l am grieved to say it,yet truth compels the avowal, I really cannot return the compliment, I trust the confession willnot induce him to commit any bodily injury. -

Yours CR T0. Charlotte-Town, Q'Zd April, 1833.

For the British ﬂmerican.

“ Tho-uprun'st a rotton (rec, That cannot so much as a blossom yield In. lieu ofatl thy pains and husbandry."

Mr. Editor,—- The one or two answers, or I should rather say attempted answers to your correspondent’s remarks on the pro- ceedings of the Assembly, have been in such scurrillous and angry language, [for abuse to the guilty conscience is easier than calm reasoning,] that perhaps they are

not worth a reply; nor should I now notice either ofthem, if ‘Vimlicator’ had not the etfrontery to complain that he and his soli- tary companions (the ritlcmen of the troop} have had nothing tangible to encounter, and also to defy your correspondent“ Cri- to,” to produce solid and substantial proofs of a charge, which he [deJ contradicts,

and for why? because it is the only one of

some consistency .' I know not Vindicator’s conception of the word “tangible,” but in my construction of the term, if he will re- fer to almost any of your last papers, he will ﬁnd enough,aud more, ofsuch tangible charges, that with all his self-sutIicieat ta- lents he is not able to contradict, and sure- ly Vind. “appears to be a man of some ta- lent,--that is if wejudge him as he does Crito, “by his scurrilous trash.” Vindicator-’5 composition was either com- posed when in a high state of excitement from the tickling of his employers the Troop, or Crito must have touched his tender part, otherwise he would not have been in such a hurry to take up his cudgels to attack what certainly is not as he. styles it, ‘ a charge :’ (its Consistency with the general tenor ofthe actions of the 'I‘.—-l will al- low to be very apparent,) for Crito mere- ly states the on this in circulation, and re- quests from some of your correspondents the true story. I will give my version, Without reasoning with-Vindicator on his

contradiction of a fact theParty themselves

305 will scarcely deny. I have been informed that several of the members who were in favor of the bill, declared their dissent to a. conferance on it with the council ; and, [I am not quite positive though Ibelieve this to have been the alteration,] the assembly having enacted in the bill that the perma- nent revenue Laws should be repealed im- mediately on the royal allowance being gi- ven, instead of at the end of4 years when the other clauses would come in force; the council would not agree to it in that state, and the bill was handed to the speaker to be amended : and be, without taking the opinion ofthe whole house,wnich he should have done, [for it is a rule that no bill can be altered without the concurrence of each and every member, unless done in the usual manncrby corybrenccq altered it as suggested with the knowledge of only a few of the members favorable to the hill.

Vind. may please himself with the idea that the proofs he requires cannot be forth- coming, and may fancy Ihatfact will sup- port him, bnt the public are not to be guzzled so easily, One such truth will not pass offa score of falsehoods,for lc orai n’est pas tonjours te rraiscmblable ,° and I would - notify to him, that the more the talk the, greater the expose’. It is sufﬁcient proof that two ofthe members say, they know not of the alterations ; and all who are aware of the proceedings of the House, know that ifMacDO-nald and Compton had. not been greenhorns, ignorant of the mode of procedure, and they had moved a reso- lution of accusation, then we should have had the solid and substantial proofs Vindi- cator requires.

It is not however likely, the Bill wrll re- ceive the royal allowance, and though not inimical to it I shOuld be sorry to see it as- sented to, or such underhand proceedings- prosper.—Honesty is the best policy.

I am, c. JV'EMO. For t'te British .0 nerican. —a —" Oh Heaven! Would that a whip were in each houen hand, To lash such scouudrcls. Naked through the world !"

Mn- EDlToa,-I have observed [but with‘ neither “ griefnor surprise,”] a contempt- ible communication in your last paper, evi- dently written by some old woman under the. inﬂuence of the moon or the gin bottle: for no person possessed of common sense could write such miserable trash as that, to which the signature of“Vindicator” is appended. A hasty perusal of it at ﬁrst inclined me to attribute such a paltry pro- duction to one of the "Troop ;” but igno- rant and illiterate, as a large majorify of that body is, I persuade myselfthat not one of them (that can write) could be found to indite such a wretched piece ofunintelligir ble jargon. [conclude then, that an old woman is the writerrand a strait jacket fudi